The world’s most innovative digital news media – from giants like the Guardian and Norway’s VG to the smaller DOTYK, the first tablet-only weekly in the Czech Republic – were honoured Tuesday evening (8 April) as winners of the European Digital Media Awards, the annual prizes from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
WAN-IFRA Executive Committee endorses organisation’s report findings on press freedom in the United Kingdom; Committee calls on the British government to “take steps to ensure it upholds the high standards of press freedom expected from a leading democracy.”
Newspaper advertising is in free fall in many markets, putting enormous pressure on the journalism funded by that advertising.
Innovative US publisher optimizes its digital and print operations with cloud-based NEWSCYCLE software
The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI) announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell the Anchorage Daily News to Alaska Dispatch Publishing LLC for $34 million. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2014.
Alaska Dispatch Publishing LLC, the owner and publisher of Alaska Dispatch, has reached an agreement to purchase the Anchorage Daily News from The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI).
WAN-IFRA’s latest press freedom campaign highlights the plight of jailed journalists worldwide; 30 cases will be profiled in the 30 days leading up to World Press Freedom Day.
